The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-11-24
TIE GRANITE OF Gr MITES.
SOUTH CAKOBINh'S GREAT QUARRY
LEADING TIE NrORLD.

What is Being Done to DOVCIOp u the Famous
WinnSboro 0uarry--Ihc Extent OF The
DcpOsit--Tho Quality and Accessibility al
the Stone--How IL is Handled.
(Carl Mckinley in The News and Couricrj
, The News and Courier announced re-
: comfy that company had been formed
i'll Charlie ston for tho thorough develop
ment Of the famous granite quarries near
Winnsboro, S. G. An important feature
OF the now organization, + should DC
noted, is that it is composed entirely Of
, citizens of this State, who have thus So
cured the permanent control Of what Is
everywhere conceded to DO the finest
known deposit Of granite on the CONT
nent. The direction Of the affairs Of ihu
company is likewise in local hands, aud
the capital has been subscribed at home.
The enterprise is, therefore, of IL dis
tinctIy local character, and it only re-
quircs to be added that it is one Of the
most important of the many new enter
priscH that have been established in the
Sta'. since the war to conmand for any
"N""' Lax ~ 20 couuiIioh aHl prospects
the interest of every one who has the
welfare Of the State at heart.
on THE GROUND.
What tho quarry is, and what may be
expected TO be accomplished in its devcI-
opment, cnn hCBt be ascCrtaincd. of
course, by visit TO the grounds, or
rock, where il is located. \ visit for
this purpose was accordingly made Il few
days ago by number Of the officers aud
directors OF the company and others, the
party being composed US follows: Gen.
kudolph SicRlinS, president; Mr.. Jnm2s
4. heddlng, secretary and treasurer;
Col. Henry j.. Young, Mr.. kCckley ami
Mr. Cogswell, of Charleston; Col. 4. G.
Haskell, of Columbia; Mr.. Burnett. civil
engineer Of the Richmond and DanviNc
Railroad lines in South Carolina, and n
representative Of The News and Courier.
Leaving Columbia at an carly h0ur, in
Il special car kindly provide 10y Cox.
Haskell, pleasant ride OF an hour 3n;i q
hall conveyed the party to point few
miles below WmnsbOrn, where the
branch railroad leading to the Uurrries
leaves the tack Of The main line. Here
the visitors were met by Major Tho~ ".
! Woodward, the manager Of the couya-
y uLSCI "DOSC cSCOlb TUG ICSI on Ojle
trip and tho general tour Of inspection
were made.
TIE roMrANY'S RAILROAD, ..-.,,.,-,.
! IAa Ei&NSTUf tie regulation gauge, ami
the engine looked to be big enough and
strong enough to drag rock bould"r ot
considerable siHc out OF is bed OF HH%S
or to pull hill up Ivy ihe roots, il U"ct-
! sion required. II is not now Employed
! for these purposes, however, its *ui>
task at present being 10 lnul the iln@2s
granite in the world from the qunrrlcSt 10
the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad, n distance Of about four and "
half miles. The branch line belongs TO
the quarry company, and is somewhat
peculiar in respect to 8rain, i'll tlut ).
runs up hill and down hill aud through
plantations il 81 way tInt affords the
Oldest railroad Traveller keen sonse Of
novelty in this mode OF progression.
Notwithstanding this prcuhmity Of IL
construction, ho TcVcr, y IS safety Ntl
strongly built, with vie" to the hccNS
traffic that passes over II, and iii" SIGHT
of some OF its former trCatICS hiIcN IN
with stone whose value ;a rcck"nrd by
the square inch might we'll excite the
envy Of the Pennsylvania liailroad itsch.
Other railroads, at any rate, that ran
through granite fields OF their own send
many miles to get the WinnsbOro grants
: for the construction Of cuiVcrtS, nc On
, their lines, and it was easy to imagine
that the iron monster thnt drew the
company s representatives gUvo snort
y of proud satisfaction WhGpcVCr he rhl
$ over the masses Of precious material thn'
G level his road across the valleys.
y AMONG TIE QUARHIES.
At the end OF the line the visitors dis
clabarkCd, and found themselves in th,
midst OF the fal1 Gus rock beds and of :
scono Of life and industry whose intrrcs
% and importance cannot we'll be cXagScr
e atod. from the sidO Oi what may nov
II be culi"d the main track, the narroWc5
"a of marrow G.ugc railroads started OF
id abruptly ana Sound its way through til
er bushes and up the hill and around th
t. over and around the beds and boulder
q, Of gray stone along route which WA
ct probably patterned after that "i th
tz coney amOuE the rocks IN Tar Easter
H. lands and ancient times, and which II
nc duccd the grade OF the main track 10
rs horizon level by mere force Of cont@@
he The smaller railroad, OF rail path
as speak exactly, is intended to reach Il
id various quarrcs among tho hills, ~
he withstandinG it's irregular chnfact
IS it gets there all tho same. The smo
or platform cars look like dining tables {
th wheels, but they carry load Of freig]
ciy every day that, if piled together, wou
Id tax tho capacity of the largest N
strongest teams i'll the conl rcglous
the north or west Of u% Pushed up I'll
hill by hand, they receive thcr londs
and near the summit, and the only dll
"n Guilty in their management Oh the rctu!
NY trip, laden or empty, is TO prevent the
,in from making more than mlie or So III
II # minute. There is II decided bnBGcstit
,rd of toboggauing i'll their I0DYcmcptH q
md way, and certainly there could be
,od more assured title TO enjoyment for DO
.us of strong nerves, or no nerves at II
,od than that of free pass t. ride Mt d
yes crction on these merry -go-dOwmS Rmo
The the Fairfield hills and woods.
,,,, TIE GRANITE FIELD.
Itc The vinitors did not ride tho Ia
ger was not suggested TO them, and seem
not to occur TO any Of the party, all
L. whom walked instead, and walked Il go